<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544</id><updated>2009-11-25T06:11:30.185-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sparkle Creations</title><subtitle type='html'>My Ongoing Path in the World</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>518</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-3879153096333011693</id><published>2009-11-25T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T00:17:07.522-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riley and company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Hockey Riley</title><content type='html'>I tend to make more girly cards, but I have to remember that Brent still has a few bachelor friends. So, here's my attempt at more of a manly card. I know, I know, there's still glitter on the snowflakes, lol. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwyZYOmTl-I/AAAAAAAACm0/As-pDIrj_kg/s1600/hockey+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407865894079797218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwyZYOmTl-I/AAAAAAAACm0/As-pDIrj_kg/s400/hockey+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Riley and Company, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;American Craft Brads, Nestabilities, Snowflake Punches, Crystal Stickles, Copics, and PTI Buttons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I'm probably the last one to...but I'm going to see New Moon tonight! I'm really excited! I don't have a card done for tomorrow, so I'll be back on Friday with a new post. Everyone have a wonderful and safe holiday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-3879153096333011693?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/3879153096333011693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=3879153096333011693&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/3879153096333011693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/3879153096333011693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/hockey-riley.html' title='Hockey Riley'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwyZYOmTl-I/AAAAAAAACm0/As-pDIrj_kg/s72-c/hockey+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-1229246739920632777</id><published>2009-11-24T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-24T00:10:00.519-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='easel card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diedrich dare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the greeting farm'/><title type='text'>Miss Anya Autumn</title><content type='html'>I fell onto the easel card bandwagon, lol. And as fun and cute as they are, they are hard to photograph! I'll appreciate any tips! I tried from each side and I finally gave up. So sorry you're stuck with this mediocre pic. I truly had the intent to do the Fresh Farm Friday challenge this week, but I wasn't feeling the no designer paper. So, instead, this is for &lt;a href="http://thediedrichdare.blogspot.com/2009/11/whimsical-wednesday-week-11.html"&gt;Diedrich Dare Challenge #11&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwrcYEYp_qI/AAAAAAAACms/lLptJgGCvlU/s1600/missanya2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwrcYEYp_qI/AAAAAAAACms/lLptJgGCvlU/s400/missanya2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407376608663830178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: My Minds Eye&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: The Greeting Farm, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Prima Flowers, PTI Buttons, Pearls, Copics, Crystal Stickles, EK Success Border Punch, and Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great Tuesday! I'm so excited we're almost to the finale for Biggest Loser!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-1229246739920632777?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/1229246739920632777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=1229246739920632777&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1229246739920632777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1229246739920632777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/miss-anya-autumn.html' title='Miss Anya Autumn'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwrcYEYp_qI/AAAAAAAACms/lLptJgGCvlU/s72-c/missanya2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-1318264915289041900</id><published>2009-11-23T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T10:57:51.360-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='m&apos;s sketches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='high hopes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kl stampin n scrappin'/><title type='text'>My Pink Turkey</title><content type='html'>The thing I admire the most about &lt;a href="http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cindy Haffner&lt;/a&gt; is that she rocks the color pink. I've seen her do every holiday in pink, even &lt;a href="http://cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/4th-annual-world-card-making-day.html"&gt;Halloween&lt;/a&gt;! So, this is my attempt at doing Thanksgiving in pink and brown. This is my card for &lt;a href="http://shop.klstampinnscrappin.com/"&gt;KL Stampin n Scrappin&lt;/a&gt; today and I also used &lt;a href="http://www.scrapbit.com/2009/11/17/ms-sketch-4/"&gt;M's Sketch #4&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Swra_gtX6hI/AAAAAAAACmc/Z1IZpVG7RJ0/s1600/turkey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Swra_gtX6hI/AAAAAAAACmc/Z1IZpVG7RJ0/s400/turkey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407375087258561042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Indian Summer&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: High Hopes, sentiment and border is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Prima Flowers, PTI Buttons, Crystal Stickles, Nestabilities, Copics, EK Success Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was my co-worker's birthday and today we're going out to eat lunch to celebrate.  Guess where we're going?!?  I'm getting another yummy meal at Mizu! :)  I hope you all have a great Monday!  Yeah for a short work week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-1318264915289041900?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/1318264915289041900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=1318264915289041900&amp;isPopup=true' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1318264915289041900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1318264915289041900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-pink-turkey.html' title='My Pink Turkey'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Swra_gtX6hI/AAAAAAAACmc/Z1IZpVG7RJ0/s72-c/turkey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-1915653244742423262</id><published>2009-11-22T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T10:08:38.933-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riley and company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketch girl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Blog Candy Winner and Christmas Card Challenge Week #51</title><content type='html'>It's been fun reading all of your comments. I hope you all get those Copics! :) So far, I have narrowed my list to a photo light box, the copic airbrush system, and a Janome mini sewing machine. I considered some of the Cricut stuff...but I honestly haven't used my Cricut since I packed up my apartment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of the 80 comments, Brent chose #38 as my winner for the blog candy. Congratulations &lt;a href="http://mystampinggrounds.blogspot.com/"&gt;Catherine&lt;/a&gt;! Email me your address to &lt;a href="mailto:sparklingapple17@hotmail.com"&gt;sparklingapple17@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt; and I will mail your goodies to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwkCj0DIoWI/AAAAAAAACl0/Z55HBjEHy9w/s1600/riley.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406855641925460322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwkCj0DIoWI/AAAAAAAACl0/Z55HBjEHy9w/s400/riley.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: SU Cardstock, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Riley and Company, sentiment and border is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Snowflake Punches, PTI Buttons, Crystal Stickles, Nestabilities, and Copics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I'm not really too happy with this photo, so I'm gonna try to take another one in the morning. Since I'm coming to the end of Christmas cards 2009, any Christmas, Holiday, or Winter card is good for this challenge! Next week will be my first whole year of making Christmas cards!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many have asked about my Snowflake punches. The ones I have are the Marvy punches. They come in 5 sizes and Papertrey Ink made two stamp sets last year, Snow Fall and Snow Fall Additions, that match 4 of the sizes of the snowflakes. Martha Stewart also has a few snowflake punches out and they're next on my list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Linky Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. To get the full url, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL into the Mr. Linky form. Thanks and &lt;strong&gt;please still post a comment so I know you added a card&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script src="http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=sparkplug17&amp;amp;postid=22Nov2009&amp;amp;meme=1607" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a great Sunday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-1915653244742423262?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/1915653244742423262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=1915653244742423262&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1915653244742423262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1915653244742423262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-candy-winner-and-christmas-card.html' title='Blog Candy Winner and Christmas Card Challenge Week #51'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwkCj0DIoWI/AAAAAAAACl0/Z55HBjEHy9w/s72-c/riley.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-2459862104560939469</id><published>2009-11-21T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T00:10:00.723-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamping bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sfytt'/><title type='text'>Cuppycake with Huggabugg on Top</title><content type='html'>Yvonne works in Accounting and last week she asked if I could come talk to her. She sounded so serious, I thought I was in trouble, lol. I walked into her office and she asks, "Do you sell any of the cards you make?!?" I sighed in relief!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her granddaughter is turning 1 on December 11th and she asked for a cupcake card. I told her I would make a few and she could pick out which one she liked best. Isn't this Huggabugg just the cutest?  I also used Jen del Muro's &lt;a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/11/14/your-next-stamp-sketch-for-you-to-try/"&gt;Sketch For You to Try&lt;/a&gt; from last week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwcpChNm4uI/AAAAAAAACk8/MHcygCuU2GE/s1600/DSC06234.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406335000933491426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwcpChNm4uI/AAAAAAAACk8/MHcygCuU2GE/s400/DSC06234.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Nook and Pantry&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Stamping Bella, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;CTMH Brads, MS Border Punch, PTI Ribbon, PTI Buttons, Twine, Nestabilities, Copics, and Crystal Stickles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, the Canada thing...I can't really say specifics until later, but I will speak generally. By Summer 2010, Brent and I could have some great career opportunities in the Vancouver metro area. Of course, Brent and I just bought a brand new house this year and it would be silly/hard to pack up and move once again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I think it would be so wonderful up there and we could go to Canuck games all the time. Hockey is Brent's favorite sport, so it's a good lure to use on him. A girl can dream, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a great Saturday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-2459862104560939469?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/2459862104560939469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=2459862104560939469&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2459862104560939469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2459862104560939469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/cuppycake-with-huggabugg-on-top.html' title='Cuppycake with Huggabugg on Top'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwcpChNm4uI/AAAAAAAACk8/MHcygCuU2GE/s72-c/DSC06234.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-2324190401911858767</id><published>2009-11-20T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T00:10:00.130-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riley and company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mojo monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Skiing Riley</title><content type='html'>I broke my ankle when I was 8 on Thanksgiving. I've always been scared of breaking it again and since I can't stand the cold, skiing is just not the sport for me. :) I'll go up to the mountain, but I'll be the one reading and eating at the lodge by the fire. I also used &lt;a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2009/11/mojo-monday-week-112.html"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Mojo&lt;/span&gt; Monday 112&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwXH7eFGAoI/AAAAAAAACks/7BQR18uV5cc/s1600/skiingriley3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405946752228786818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 321px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwXH7eFGAoI/AAAAAAAACks/7BQR18uV5cc/s400/skiingriley3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Riley and Co, sentiment is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;PTI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basic Grey Brads, Rhinestones, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;, Snowflake Punch, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;PTI&lt;/span&gt; Buttons, and Crystal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Stickles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a great Friday! I've worked 12 straight days, so I'm excited to just have a day off. I'm not complaining since the Managers Conference is always a blast, but I'm exhuasted. I need to clean, do laundry, and get my house together. I also need to get some major crafting done. I hope to finish tons of stuff over my Thanksgiving weekend, since Brent and I have chosen not to go home this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're going home for Christmas and New Years, so we'll see our families in due time. My &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;In-laws&lt;/span&gt; are going to Vegas and we couldn't afford to go with them.  Otherwise, we'd be celebrating with them! :) And since Anna (my step mom) isn't American-ized enough, she doesn't do the whole turkey thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, we have to save some of our vacation time for the Olympics in February! I seriously can't wait. For other reasons...I want to move to Vancouver, BC!  Another topic for another day, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;lol&lt;/span&gt;. Yeah, it's almost the weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-2324190401911858767?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/2324190401911858767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=2324190401911858767&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2324190401911858767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2324190401911858767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/skiing-riley.html' title='Skiing Riley'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwXH7eFGAoI/AAAAAAAACks/7BQR18uV5cc/s72-c/skiingriley3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-6296173426959117457</id><published>2009-11-19T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T00:10:00.233-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamping bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>My First Bella</title><content type='html'>This is the one stamp that changed my stamping career. As soon as I saw her, I knew I had to have her and thats what started my Bella collection. There's only 2 stamp collections that I have every one of. Bellas and Rileys. What an odd couple, eh? :) Now, I don't have every stamp Stamping Bella makes, but I do own every "Bella."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I call her my love/hate relationship. :) Through the years, Bella has gotten me popular and she has also gotten me into alot of trouble, lol.  Regardless, I don't regret the journey she's brought me on and I'm happy where I am now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNR2o_PfdI/AAAAAAAACkc/ntmVG27TMG0/s1600/bella.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405253976932187602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNR2o_PfdI/AAAAAAAACkc/ntmVG27TMG0/s400/bella.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Stamping Bella, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;CTMH Brads, Nestabilities, Copics, Crystal Stickles, Snowflake Punches, and PTI Buttons, MS Border Punch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great Thursday! Yeah for Grey's and Private Practice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-6296173426959117457?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/6296173426959117457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=6296173426959117457&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/6296173426959117457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/6296173426959117457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-first-bella.html' title='My First Bella'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNR2o_PfdI/AAAAAAAACkc/ntmVG27TMG0/s72-c/bella.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-3980902578889680769</id><published>2009-11-18T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T01:09:48.565-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='get sketchy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>It's a Jolly Day</title><content type='html'>Today is Brent's birthday...and unfortunately I don't have a birthday card for him. With our conference, I just didn't have time to create anything and I didn't get the stamps I wanted in time either. But, I do have another Christmas card. Kindof out of my comfort zone, since it has no stamping, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a little late, but I did use &lt;a href="http://getsketchy.blogspot.com/2009/11/gs-13.html"&gt;Get Sketchy #13&lt;/a&gt; for this card. These Thicker letters are left over from Shannon's Baby Album and I didn't have any more e's. I really wanted to spell jingle, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNMAEC-OpI/AAAAAAAACkU/pCaGD7Ee37g/s1600/jolly2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405247541744646802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 396px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNMAEC-OpI/AAAAAAAACkU/pCaGD7Ee37g/s400/jolly2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Jingle&lt;br /&gt;American Craft Thickers, Snowflake Punches, PTI Buttons, CTMH Brads, and Crystal Stickles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a wonderful hump day! I will be taking Brent out to dinner to celebrate his big 2-8. We're going to eat at Mizu, a Japanese restaurant.  This is the first time ever that Brent and Scott aren't actually spending their birthday together. In the past, Brent has either gone home or Scott has come to visit us.  And just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, my hubby is an identical twin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But with their birthday being on a Wednesday and right before the big Turkey week, it just didn't work out. Birthdays aren't that special to Brent, so honestly, I think I'm more excited about going out than he is, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-3980902578889680769?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/3980902578889680769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=3980902578889680769&amp;isPopup=true' title='41 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/3980902578889680769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/3980902578889680769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-jolly-day.html' title='It&apos;s a Jolly Day'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwNMAEC-OpI/AAAAAAAACkU/pCaGD7Ee37g/s72-c/jolly2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>41</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-411999286272358649</id><published>2009-11-17T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T00:10:00.837-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Candy</title><content type='html'>Sorry I don't have anything crafty for you today. I had hoped to get back home earlier on Sunday from the conference and craft a little. But I got distracted with chores, grocery shopping, and just being tired from working all weekend. Now that I have over 200 Followers, I am going to be giving away some fun blog candy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwH1lig1VWI/AAAAAAAACkM/k__xnOyKGmI/s1600/blogcandy+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404871053089789282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwH1lig1VWI/AAAAAAAACkM/k__xnOyKGmI/s400/blogcandy+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried to think about what I wanted to give out. I thought it would be fun to give out what my "basics" are. I wanted to give out some Copics, but since I don't know of anywhere to buy the Sketch ones locally, I'm sorry I don't have any to give. The picture above, I created with photos I found on Google and some of the stuff I'm including isn't pictured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mixed stack of Basic Grey 6x6 paper&lt;br /&gt;- 4 mini stamp sets from There She Goes&lt;br /&gt;- Pearls&lt;br /&gt;- Mixed bag of ribbon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To enter for the blog candy, all you have to do is comment here by &lt;strong&gt;Saturday, November 21st&lt;/strong&gt;. I will give you all until midnight and draw my winner on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;So, the big question is, what are you asking for Christmas this year?&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  Can be crafty and non-crafty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brent just asked me that over the weekend and I really don't know what I want this year. Last year ALL of my family and Brent's family chipped in to get me the rest of my Copics. Best Christmas ever last year, lol. It was like when I was 5 and I got a 100 crayon pack out of my stocking. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-411999286272358649?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/411999286272358649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=411999286272358649&amp;isPopup=true' title='80 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/411999286272358649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/411999286272358649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-candy.html' title='Blog Candy'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwH1lig1VWI/AAAAAAAACkM/k__xnOyKGmI/s72-c/blogcandy+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>80</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-7078831940086133021</id><published>2009-11-16T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T00:51:25.012-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diedrich dare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the greeting farm'/><title type='text'>Ebony Card and Department of the Year</title><content type='html'>I was inspired by many other bloggers who have been using their Eerie paper for the gothic style. Though Twilight isn't my most favorite...I am very excited for New Moon to come out and Alice is my favorite character. What am I going to do when Razzleberry is no more?  I also used &lt;a href="http://thediedrichdare.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-wednesday.html"&gt;Diedrich Dare Challenge #9&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwDHtnwmdkI/AAAAAAAACkA/ZQXN1yLY4Co/s1600/ebony.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404539139425465922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwDHtnwmdkI/AAAAAAAACkA/ZQXN1yLY4Co/s400/ebony.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: The Greeting Farm, sentiment is Stamping Bella&lt;br /&gt;CB Embossing Folder, Nestabilities, Copics, Crystal Stickles, and CTMH Star Brads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can tell from my title, my team won Department of the Year! :) We were all very excited and so happy to finally win! Tamara got the flu, so she wasn't able to be there. She trains our Branch Managers. Below in the picture are the Regional Trainers (train new employees), Training Curriculum (which is what I do), and our fabulous leader and Director of our department. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwDEiDNFL7I/AAAAAAAACj4/LSzQnoG1BX4/s1600/TrainingDept.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404535642099363762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwDEiDNFL7I/AAAAAAAACj4/LSzQnoG1BX4/s400/TrainingDept.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a fabulous Monday! It's back to work for me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-7078831940086133021?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/7078831940086133021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=7078831940086133021&amp;isPopup=true' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/7078831940086133021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/7078831940086133021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/ebony-card-and-department-of-year.html' title='Ebony Card and Department of the Year'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SwDHtnwmdkI/AAAAAAAACkA/ZQXN1yLY4Co/s72-c/ebony.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-8160028401776873194</id><published>2009-11-15T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T17:51:31.091-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riley and company'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Christmas Card Challenge Week #50</title><content type='html'>Okay...I know this card looks almost the same as yesterdays, lol. But I am loving the red and green! Again, there's no extra challenge this week...so any Christmas, Holiday, or Winter card is great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I was really sad to hear that Kristi from Hanna Stamps sold Riley. The new store is called &lt;a href="http://www.rileyandcompanyonline.com/home"&gt;Riley and Company&lt;/a&gt;. I'm also very disappointed that they raised the price of unmounted Riley's from $4.25 to $5. I guess I'm glad I already own them all, so I only have to buy a couple each time they release new ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svy1ekKZnTI/AAAAAAAACjo/i8c_-6WkkSI/s1600-h/rileytree2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403393189645753650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svy1ekKZnTI/AAAAAAAACjo/i8c_-6WkkSI/s400/rileytree2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Riley and Company, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;CTMH Brads, Nestabilities, Copics, Crystal Stickles, Snowflake Punch, PTI Buttons, Pearls, and MS Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Linky Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. To get the full url, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL into the Mr. Linky form. Thanks and &lt;strong&gt;please still post a comment so I know you added a card&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=sparkplug17&amp;postid=13Nov2009&amp;meme=1607"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a fabulous Sunday! My fabulous department is hosting a fun game today at the conference that we've been keeping top secret. It should be lots of fun and will post pics later!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-8160028401776873194?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/8160028401776873194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=8160028401776873194&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8160028401776873194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8160028401776873194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-card-challenge-week-50.html' title='Christmas Card Challenge Week #50'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svy1ekKZnTI/AAAAAAAACjo/i8c_-6WkkSI/s72-c/rileytree2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-4029608281450685783</id><published>2009-11-14T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-14T00:10:00.105-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sfytt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Chilly Flopsey</title><content type='html'>Sadly, they started playing Christmas music at work this last Monday. I've always been one of those "not until after Thanksgiving" people. Of course, this year with making Christmas cards year round, I kindof through that out the window.  Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas music, but I still think it's too early, lol.  Doesn't Flopsey just make you want to curl up with a nice mug of cocoa? I also used Jen Del Muro's &lt;a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-sketch-for-you-to-try/"&gt;Sketch For You To Try&lt;/a&gt; from Halloween.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSQIM0bdSI/AAAAAAAACho/hSYNjQm1vM0/s1600-h/DSC06107+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401100323678549282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSQIM0bdSI/AAAAAAAACho/hSYNjQm1vM0/s400/DSC06107+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: MFT, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Rhinestones, CTMH Brads, Nestabilities, Copics, PTI Buttons, Snowballs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend. Even though I will be working today, our conferences are so much fun!  Dorinda, the trainer here in Seattle is celebrating her 15th year with Moneytree and we're so excited to see her get her award tonight!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last 2 years we've (the Training Dept.) been nominated Department of the Year. Hopefully, third times a charm and we'll come home with the win this year! Cross your fingers for me! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-4029608281450685783?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/4029608281450685783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=4029608281450685783&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4029608281450685783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4029608281450685783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/chilly-flopsey.html' title='Chilly Flopsey'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSQIM0bdSI/AAAAAAAACho/hSYNjQm1vM0/s72-c/DSC06107+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-4188288584906065369</id><published>2009-11-13T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T00:10:00.539-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink gem designs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...</title><content type='html'>This is my last Pink Gem card. I just love how this card turned out and it makes me want a lovely pink jacket too! Since Brent grew up playing hockey, he's much more of the ice skater. I can skate okay, but not a fan of the coldness. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSXV2lK7pI/AAAAAAAACig/PDwWiAUJteo/s1600-h/pink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401108254808534674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSXV2lK7pI/AAAAAAAACig/PDwWiAUJteo/s400/pink.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Pink Gem Designs, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Rhinestones, Copics, Snowflake Punches, PTI Buttons, and Crystal Stickles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a fabulous Friday!  It's almost the weekend!  Is everyone ready for the holidays yet?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSXPKQi48I/AAAAAAAACiY/Fr243g0M2ik/s1600-h/Fully+dressed+-+hands+down.png"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401108139831649218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSXPKQi48I/AAAAAAAACiY/Fr243g0M2ik/s400/Fully+dressed+-+hands+down.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November is always an exciting time, because that means it's time for our annual Manager's Conference. I will be in Bellevue all weekend, but I do still have posts for while I'm gone. I won't have time to comment or answer emails, but I will be back in full swing on Monday! If you don't hear back from me until then, you know why!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-4188288584906065369?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/4188288584906065369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=4188288584906065369&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4188288584906065369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4188288584906065369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html' title='It&apos;s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSXV2lK7pI/AAAAAAAACig/PDwWiAUJteo/s72-c/pink.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-8013866752056213237</id><published>2009-11-12T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T01:22:44.207-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamping bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sfytt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>It's a Pink Christmas!</title><content type='html'>Finally getting around to using this cute duo of Kettos. They're not really a Christmas or Holiday stamp, but they do look cute in red and pink, lol. I hope you're all not getting sick of the Eskimo Kisses paper. I still have alot more to get through. I also used Jen del Muro's &lt;a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/11/07/first-saturday-of-the-month-7/"&gt;Sketch For You To Try&lt;/a&gt; for this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvtnMvLib3I/AAAAAAAACjg/NncuYcb-C28/s1600-h/kettoxmas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403025646481993586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvtnMvLib3I/AAAAAAAACjg/NncuYcb-C28/s400/kettoxmas.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Stamping Bella, PTI Vintage Labels, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Copics, Snoflake Punch, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, Nestabilities, Rhinestones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I was making this card, I realized that my Marvy Snowflake Punches are the tools that I have used the most this last year.  But oddly enough, I bought the PTI Snow Fall and Snow Fall Additions stamps to go with them and have only used the stamps a couple of times.  I think I will try to use them more once I start my batch of cards for next year. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!  I'm excited for Grey's and Private Practice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-8013866752056213237?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/8013866752056213237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=8013866752056213237&amp;isPopup=true' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8013866752056213237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8013866752056213237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-pink-christmas.html' title='It&apos;s a Pink Christmas!'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvtnMvLib3I/AAAAAAAACjg/NncuYcb-C28/s72-c/kettoxmas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-8803481149520603792</id><published>2009-11-11T00:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T00:10:00.266-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taylored expressions sketch challenges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mojo monday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper makeup stamps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink cat studio'/><title type='text'>Not the Typical Sympathy Card...</title><content type='html'>Some of you probably have already seen or participated in this. My friend &lt;a href="http://scrampinmama.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sarah&lt;/a&gt; lost her 3 year old son, Henry, last week. I've never met Sarah in person, but I've been blessed to have been on design teams with her. She's the one with the funny Bella comment that I posted right before Halloween.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My other friend &lt;a href="http://live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lorie&lt;/a&gt;, has been organizing a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor. Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree. If you would like to donate towards the tree, please click &lt;a href="http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/DigiStamps/Animals/Zoo/GiraffeAndMonkey.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to purchase the digi stamp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svm8UGmM5hI/AAAAAAAACjY/x7fg2goJzEA/s1600-h/monkey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402556281561867794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 389px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svm8UGmM5hI/AAAAAAAACjY/x7fg2goJzEA/s400/monkey.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Offbeat&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Pink Cat Studio, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Pearls, American Craft Brads, Copics, Prima Flowers, PTI Buttons, Crystal Stickles, and Nestabilities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katie at Paper Makeup Stamps has also been so generous and created a Henry angel stamp. This stamp is available now in digital and rubber form. You can purchase them &lt;a href="http://www.papermakeup.com/category.php?id_category=93"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. $2.50 from each sale of this stamp, will go directly to the Anderson family. This will help to build the memorial at the zoo or for any other means the family needs it to keep little Henry's memory alive and well for his little brother Jack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svm73839lGI/AAAAAAAACjQ/0ehBihPHf7U/s1600-h/DSC06137+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402555797915669602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svm73839lGI/AAAAAAAACjQ/0ehBihPHf7U/s400/DSC06137+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: My Minds Eye&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps, sentiment is PTI&lt;br /&gt;Snowflake Punches, PTI Buttons, Crystal Stickles, CTMH Bigger Brads, Copics, and Rhinestones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see, I purchased both and made cards for the Anderson family. I don't have kiddos, so I can't even begin to understsand that kind of loss. But I know they will appreciate all of the good thoughts and kindness from everyone. Have a wonderful hump day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-8803481149520603792?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/8803481149520603792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=8803481149520603792&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8803481149520603792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/8803481149520603792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/not-typical-sympathy-card.html' title='Not the Typical Sympathy Card...'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Svm8UGmM5hI/AAAAAAAACjY/x7fg2goJzEA/s72-c/monkey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-79358283522526219</id><published>2009-11-10T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T00:10:00.650-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='paper makeup stamps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Mr. Snowman</title><content type='html'>I had planned a totally different post for today, but I forgot my camera...and didn't all of my photo editing done in time. So, it will have to wait until tomorrow. This is another Christmas card I made with my fabulous Paper Makeup Stamps Snow Happy set. My friend &lt;a href="http://www.shaelaodd.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shaela&lt;/a&gt;, who I met last Thursday, actually designed this set! This card started out as a sketch, but got too far from it for me to call it anything, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSP_Zx0K0I/AAAAAAAAChg/jnMCFfTS0oo/s1600-h/DSC06099+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401100172538424130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSP_Zx0K0I/AAAAAAAAChg/jnMCFfTS0oo/s400/DSC06099+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: PMS, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Snowflake Punches, Nestabilities, American Crafts Brads, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, Snowballs, Rhinestones, and MS Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great Tuesday! They're back to singles...so I'm rooting for Rudy all the way! Though, week 1 I picked Alan...so go Alan, lol. At the beginning of each show Brent and I watch, we pick who we think will win. The only time I've actually been right...was when I picked "Ed" to win Bachelorette. I thought I'd blown it though when he went home the first time, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-79358283522526219?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/79358283522526219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=79358283522526219&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/79358283522526219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/79358283522526219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/mr-snowman.html' title='Mr. Snowman'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvSP_Zx0K0I/AAAAAAAAChg/jnMCFfTS0oo/s72-c/DSC06099+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-4337708340370288883</id><published>2009-11-09T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T00:10:00.378-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='magnolia stamps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kl stampin n scrappin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beate&apos;s weekend sketch challenges'/><title type='text'>Strawberry Tilda</title><content type='html'>Here is my card for &lt;a href="http://shop.klstampinnscrappin.com/"&gt;KL Stamping n Scrappin&lt;/a&gt;. This Tilda reminds me of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls that were made in the 80's. I was super excited to pair her up with my Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper. I've been on a kraft card base thing for a bit, but decided to ink the edges with some chocolate chip. I also used &lt;a href="http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/06/weekend-sketch-challenge-105/"&gt;Beate's Weekend Sketch #105&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvelKKubB9I/AAAAAAAACjA/xi9ea9YFkMI/s1600-h/DSC06129+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401967872150538194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 324px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvelKKubB9I/AAAAAAAACjA/xi9ea9YFkMI/s400/DSC06129+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Magnolia, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Pearls, Copics, Crystal Stickles, Prima Flowers, PTI Buttons, and Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few have asked how many Christmas cards I've made so far and right now I have made 98 cards. I have about 15 more to make. I didn't originally plan on making any for my Etsy, but I may make about 10 more for that, depending on how I feel and how much time I have. Before I mail them all, I will take a picture of all my cards together. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually when you look at stuff you made a year ago you cringe, but I still love my cards I made last December when I started this journey. My coloring skills have gotten MUCH better, but without another card to compare, my non-crafting relatives will have no idea, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a great Monday!  It's back to work for me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-4337708340370288883?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/4337708340370288883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=4337708340370288883&amp;isPopup=true' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4337708340370288883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4337708340370288883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/strawberry-tilda.html' title='Strawberry Tilda'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvelKKubB9I/AAAAAAAACjA/xi9ea9YFkMI/s72-c/DSC06129+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-4383072132338939381</id><published>2009-11-08T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T09:42:48.784-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamping bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sfytt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Christmas Card Challenge Week #49</title><content type='html'>Since I'm trying to get all of my cards done, there aren't going to be any more extra challenges. Just make any Holiday, Winter, or Christmas card(s)! Isn't Stella just a bundle of fun? I also used one of Jen dul Muro's Sketch For You To Try. I'll admit that it drives me batty that Jen doesn't number these, lol. Maybe I just need to start using the dates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvNDOVSuJtI/AAAAAAAAChY/w6-NkdfdSB4/s1600-h/stella.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400734291660252882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvNDOVSuJtI/AAAAAAAAChY/w6-NkdfdSB4/s400/stella.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Stamping Bella, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;CTMH Brads, Snowflake Punches, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, Copics, and Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Linky Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. To get the full url, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL into the Mr. Linky form. Thanks and &lt;strong&gt;please still post a comment so I know you added a card&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=sparkplug17&amp;postid=08Nov2009&amp;meme=1607"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday! I am getting my hair and nails done! Next weekend is Moneytree's annual Manager's Conference and I'm so *excited* to have my acrylics put back on! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-4383072132338939381?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/4383072132338939381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=4383072132338939381&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4383072132338939381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/4383072132338939381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-card-challenge-week-49-link.html' title='Christmas Card Challenge Week #49'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvNDOVSuJtI/AAAAAAAAChY/w6-NkdfdSB4/s72-c/stella.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-503674014764079863</id><published>2009-11-07T00:10:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T00:10:00.247-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whiff of joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sweet sunday sketch challenges'/><title type='text'>Willow Holding Baby Card</title><content type='html'>Yesterday was my friend Shannon's birthday and she finally had her baby a couple weeks ago. This is a baby and birthday card all in one, lol. I've only seen pictures on Facebook, but her baby is just darling! I won't be going home to Portland until Christmas, but I'm very excited to meet Alex (guess Lexi didn't suit her, lol).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCuxerEDxI/AAAAAAAACgw/Q5P-CS7M7p4/s1600-h/baby+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400008118287732498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 196px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCuxerEDxI/AAAAAAAACgw/Q5P-CS7M7p4/s400/baby+copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: My Minds Eye&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Whiff of Joy, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Pearls, Copics, Crystal Stickles, Prima Flowers, and PTI Buttons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I don't have kiddos...and Shannon is the first one in my group of college/sorority friends to have one...I need to start investing in baby stamps, lol. &lt;a href="http://ilovethisscrap.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jenn&lt;/a&gt; bought this stamp when LaTraya had her baby and gave me some images. Thanks a million! I also used &lt;a href="http://kgiron.blogspot.com/2009/11/sweet-sunday-sketch-challenge-42.html"&gt;Sweet Sunday Sketch #42&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday! I will be crafting! :) And cleaning...and doing laundry, lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-503674014764079863?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/503674014764079863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=503674014764079863&amp;isPopup=true' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/503674014764079863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/503674014764079863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/willow-holding-baby-card.html' title='Willow Holding Baby Card'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCuxerEDxI/AAAAAAAACgw/Q5P-CS7M7p4/s72-c/baby+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-2490221307446874096</id><published>2009-11-06T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T00:10:00.189-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hanna stamps'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Snowman Riley</title><content type='html'>Isn't this Riley just adorable?!? I actually made this card a couple weeks ago while we were watching the Ducks game at Cody's, one of Brent's college friends. Kendall, Cody's girlfriend, asked me for this card...so I have to remember to save it for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvM_WOdrXQI/AAAAAAAAChQ/4RkTVNkUIBg/s1600-h/riley.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400730029219601666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvM_WOdrXQI/AAAAAAAAChQ/4RkTVNkUIBg/s400/riley.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: My Minds Eye&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Hanna Stamps, senitment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Snowflake Punches, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, Copics, Nestabilities, CTMH Ribbon, and MS Border Punch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a fabulous Friday! It's almost the weekend!  Anyone have any fabulous plans?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-2490221307446874096?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/2490221307446874096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=2490221307446874096&amp;isPopup=true' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2490221307446874096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/2490221307446874096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/snowman-riley.html' title='Snowman Riley'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvM_WOdrXQI/AAAAAAAAChQ/4RkTVNkUIBg/s72-c/riley.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-7679671292483659906</id><published>2009-11-05T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T00:14:44.913-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taylored expressions sketch challenges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamping bella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Bella's Snowy House</title><content type='html'>So, another Bella stamp that I've been hoarding in my stash. I think snow is just beautiful...but I hate driving in it! This sketch is a couple weeks old now, but I used &lt;a href="http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/2009/10/taylored-expressions-sketch-challenge.html"&gt;Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #86&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvI-XJsKUeI/AAAAAAAAChA/guyY9V6F4A4/s1600-h/bellahouse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400447470629704162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvI-XJsKUeI/AAAAAAAAChA/guyY9V6F4A4/s400/bellahouse.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Stamping Bella, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;CTMH Brads, Copics, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, and MS Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talked to my dad and unfortunately he has the flu. But I was super excited to hear that Emily started Pre-school. She's going to Portland Adventist Elementry, the same private school Brien and I went to. Mrs. Stinson, who was my 4th grade teacher, teaches Kindergarten there now... it's so crazy to think that Emily and I will have had the same teacher, lol.  My dad says that Michael crys everyday, because he too wants to go to school.  So precious!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tonight I am very excited to meet &lt;a href="http://shaelaodd.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shaela&lt;/a&gt;. We've been blog buddies for awhile now and since she's coming into town for CKC, we're gonna go eat dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Since I won't be home...no spoilers on Grey's or Private Practice, okay? Everyone have a fabulous Thursday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-7679671292483659906?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/7679671292483659906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=7679671292483659906&amp;isPopup=true' title='38 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/7679671292483659906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/7679671292483659906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/bellas-snowy-house.html' title='Bella&apos;s Snowy House'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvI-XJsKUeI/AAAAAAAAChA/guyY9V6F4A4/s72-c/bellahouse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>38</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-1787927116950418491</id><published>2009-11-04T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T00:10:00.533-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kl stampin n scrappin'/><title type='text'>Merry Moosemas and Book Review</title><content type='html'>Here is my card for &lt;a href="http://shop.klstampinnscrappin.com/"&gt;KL Stampin n Scrappin&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://jessobsession.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jessica&lt;/a&gt; was so sweet to trade some images with me, since I don't really own any High Hope stamps. I just feel like the only thing missing on my card is the mistletoe, lol. I also used &lt;a href="http://sketchgirlannie.blogspot.com/2009/10/sg7-sg6-prize-winner.html"&gt;Sketch Girl #7&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCsec3zDbI/AAAAAAAACgg/Dv_lGJwUTbM/s1600-h/moose.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400005592363503026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCsec3zDbI/AAAAAAAACgg/Dv_lGJwUTbM/s400/moose.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: High Hopes, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Marvy Snowflake Punches, Crystal Stickles, PTI Buttons, Nestabilities, Copics, and Basic Grey Brads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just finished this book on Monday and I thought it was pretty good. It's about a group of friends who haven't seen each other since high school. It's been twenty years and one of them dies in a terrorist attack and they all come back together to go to the funeral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvEFMOTymGI/AAAAAAAACg4/mwTPh5Shqm8/s1600-h/51YPb1Y81wL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400103135751608418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvEFMOTymGI/AAAAAAAACg4/mwTPh5Shqm8/s400/51YPb1Y81wL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The book plays out into all of their life stories and how they all come back to being friends again. It's a little dramatic...so if you don't like those affair stories, probably not the book for you. But it's a light and interesting read if you're in the mood for something easy and not too thoughtful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great hump day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-1787927116950418491?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/1787927116950418491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=1787927116950418491&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1787927116950418491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1787927116950418491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/merry-moosemas-and-book-review.html' title='Merry Moosemas and Book Review'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SvCsec3zDbI/AAAAAAAACgg/Dv_lGJwUTbM/s72-c/moose.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-6877382288637494672</id><published>2009-11-03T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T00:10:00.330-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink gem designs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sfytt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><title type='text'>Dashing Through the Snow...</title><content type='html'>I got these Pink Gem images from Wish RAK last year. I'm proud that I'm finally using them all up! I just adore these though, so maybe one day I'll actually cave in and buy some. I'm short about 10 Christmas cards, so I'm going to squeezing in some extra Christmas card posts this month! I also used Jen del Muro's &lt;a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/10/24/believe-blog-hop-sketch-for-you-to-try/"&gt;Sketch For You to Try&lt;/a&gt; for this card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su89hzNkTuI/AAAAAAAACgY/qlweDdIqUsE/s1600-h/pink2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399602129132605154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su89hzNkTuI/AAAAAAAACgY/qlweDdIqUsE/s400/pink2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Pink Gem Designs, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Rhinestones, Crystal Stickles, Nestabilities, Copics, Snowflake Punch, PTI Buttons, Basic Grey Brads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great Tuesday. I was so sad to see Abby leave last week, but glad she's doing so well at home. Her story was so sad, I was really rooting for her. I can't wait to see what happens tonight. Go Blue Team!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-6877382288637494672?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/6877382288637494672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=6877382288637494672&amp;isPopup=true' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/6877382288637494672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/6877382288637494672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/dashing-through-snow.html' title='Dashing Through the Snow...'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su89hzNkTuI/AAAAAAAACgY/qlweDdIqUsE/s72-c/pink2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-5188504115265913321</id><published>2009-11-02T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T11:51:02.593-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm fresh fridays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the greeting farm'/><title type='text'>Farm Fresh Friday with TGF</title><content type='html'>Sorry my post is so late today...having issues with Blogger and my camera. Ugh, lol. I made this card for TGF Farm Fresh Friday Sketch Challenge. I flipped Mercy's sketch to make it vertical and then used a flower instead of a bow. :) Check out the &lt;a href="http://splendidstamping.blogspot.com/2009/10/whole-tot-lot-of-farm-fresh-samples.html"&gt;TGF blog&lt;/a&gt; to see the actual sketch and DT examples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su81vZ8RR_I/AAAAAAAACgI/z9KynBes3nM/s1600-h/fff.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399593566774314994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su81vZ8RR_I/AAAAAAAACgI/z9KynBes3nM/s400/fff.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Sassafrass&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: TGF, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;CB Embossing, PTI Ribbon, MS Border Punch, Prima Flower, PTI Buttons, Copics, Rhinestones, and Crystal Stickles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all have a great Monday...it's back to work for me. And just a warning...it's gonna be a full Christmas card week around here! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-5188504115265913321?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/5188504115265913321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=5188504115265913321&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/5188504115265913321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/5188504115265913321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/farm-fresh-friday-with-tgf.html' title='Farm Fresh Friday with TGF'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/Su81vZ8RR_I/AAAAAAAACgI/z9KynBes3nM/s72-c/fff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327417325150896544.post-1275154964940945746</id><published>2009-11-01T00:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T00:18:22.182-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas card challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink cat studio'/><title type='text'>Christmas Card Challenge Week #48</title><content type='html'>I've been slowly working on updating my address book. My family must hate me now...since I've had 4 addresses in 3 states in the last 4 years. I love how Facebook messages get me the fastest responses, lol. I'm much more of an old school communicator. I don't really text that much either. I can say it faster then I can type it, so I'd rather just call ya. In just 4 weeks I'll be mailing out all of my cards!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used &lt;a href="http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/23/weekend-sketch-challenge-103/"&gt;Beate's Weekend Sketch #103&lt;/a&gt; for this card. I realized there's alot of squares, so that's what this week's challenge will be. Use multiple squares on your card. And if you really want to, you can always use the sketch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SuVTd53w2DI/AAAAAAAACfA/rRikOqT_93g/s1600-h/hollyjolly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396811501689428018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 398px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SuVTd53w2DI/AAAAAAAACfA/rRikOqT_93g/s400/hollyjolly.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo&lt;br /&gt;Stamps: Pink Cat Studio, sentiment is Amuse&lt;br /&gt;Snowflake Punches, PTI Buttons, Crystal Stickles, Copics, and CTMH Brads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Linky Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. To get the full url, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL into the Mr. Linky form. Thanks and &lt;strong&gt;please still post a comment so I know you added a card&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=sparkplug17&amp;postid=01Nov2009&amp;meme=1607"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone have a great Sunday.  Today will be laundry, grocery shopping, and a bit of crafting hopefully.  I hope you all enjoyed that extra hour of sleep you got!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/279/790F4DCD2E37134CB801E5313B68BB2A.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/327417325150896544-1275154964940945746?l=sparklecreations.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/feeds/1275154964940945746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=327417325150896544&amp;postID=1275154964940945746&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1275154964940945746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/327417325150896544/posts/default/1275154964940945746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-card-challenge-week-48-link.html' title='Christmas Card Challenge Week #48'/><author><name>Sparkle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11407370582230562783</uri><email>sparklingapple17@hotmail.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08378269094423272068'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7XdKs0kcEQ/SuVTd53w2DI/AAAAAAAACfA/rRikOqT_93g/s72-c/hollyjolly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>33</thr:total></entry></feed>